The specific crime is not reported in the Washington Post article - but it is not a license revocation proceding. It is a criminal action punishable by up to year in jail.
Steve
On Tuesday, March 16, 2004, at 12:20 PM, Gene Summerlin wrote:
Steve,--
Do you know what the criminal charge is? I could certainly envision the
state refusing to recognize the marriages performed by the ministers or,
perhaps, the state revoking the ministers licensure, but what is the
criminal law which they have broken?
Prof. Steven D. Jamar vox: 202-806-8017
Howard University School of Law fax: 202-806-8428
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"Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided man."
- Martin Luther King Jr., "Strength to Love", 1963
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